Daily Prayer

Sunday, 03 February 2013

Not Wasting Time Protecting Boxes.

Richard Rohr writes:

“…The gift that true contemplatives offer to themselves and society is
that they know themselves as a part of a much larger Story, a much larger Self.
In that sense, centered people are profoundly conservative, knowing that they
stand on the shoulders of their ancestors and the Perennial Tradition. yet true
contemplatives are paradoxically risk-takers and reformists, precisely because
they have no private agendas, jobs, or securities to maintain. Their security
and identity are founded in God, not in being right, being paid by a church, or
looking for promotion in people’s eyes.

“These people alone can move beyond self-interest and
fear to do God’s necessary work. Look at how many saints, theologians, and
especially woman foundresses of orders were corrected, threatened and even
persecuted by the church during their lifetimes. God is always bigger than the
boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the
boxes…”